Shoppers visit local stores for Small Business Saturday

Black Friday madness has come and gone, and Cyber Monday is on the horizon, but Saturday is reserved for local shopping.

In downtown Concord, dozens of retail shops and stores celebrated Small Business Saturday.

"We're hearing a lot of that 'shop small business.' We're hearing a lot of that 'support downtown,'" said Mike Beauregard, of Things are Cooking.

The third annual event, started by American Express, is designed to help mom and pop shops get more exposure during an already over-saturated holiday shopping season, and retailers said the national publicity really helps draw people downtown.

"Today has been an amazingly busy day. I know it's been promoted as Small Business Day, but people have actually have supported local businesses," said Tom Smith, of Depot Antiques and Toys.

Organizers said 100 million people took part across the country in 2011.

Granite Staters said they want to help as much as possible and spend money in the towns in which they live.

"We want to support the local business people. We feel that they are an important part of our community and they do a good job,” said shopper Jim Kingsley.

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